Is this a difficult pattern? It almost looks like a granny square type pattern. This is finished product in a catalog, but I was wondering how difficult this looks. I am almost tempted to just buy the finished afghan.

Thanks for any info.

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lella

Posted - 03/12/2008 : 1:59:50 PM it looks like six sets of sc, dc, tc, dc sc into a center ring, all separated by a single chain, and then chain to the center of the next cluster, as you say Cheerleader, with a cluster stitch on the next off set. and on and on. Boy did I mess that one up.

It looks like finer than WW yarns, I'd say something like Sport or maybe DK. It should be easy to do with a little fiddling around to get the correct stitches where they are needed. [:00]

Posted - 02/27/2008 : 1:40:35 PM Am I seeing what I think of as a cluster stitch? It's a beautiful afghan and a big project (easy to do) but taking a long time to complete. What yarn do you think it is made of?

It's a hexagonal raised stitch block. It works out from the center as lella says, and each time the color is changed, you do a front post dc or trc down into the next color ring 6 times around to make the colors flow.

it's in a whole bunch of leaflets. Leisure Arts, Annie's Attic, the Great American Afghan book (one of them, there's about 4), Bernat from the 80s. If anyone wants it for sure, I'll write it up and post it.

Llinn

lella

Posted - 02/21/2008 : 1:45:31 PM This topic was a looonnnng time ago, but that is a hexagon and it's like a grannie square, only there are a couple more corners. It's set up from a ring in the middle, and the next round is based on six rather than four sides, with a lot of color changes to get the look. Hope you got some answers somewhere by now!

The pattern is in a Japanese craft book, CROCHET MOTIF ITEM, ISBN-10 4415103650, ISBN-13 978-4415103655. In one blog post about the afghan, the crocheter notes: "I don't think though that the pattern is that original and it is really easy to come up with similar ones if you just play around a bit. It's all just plain chain stitches, a few single crochet and lots of double crochet stitches."

You can also get a lot of info if you google "hexagon afghan crochet"; here's a free pattern at Lion Brand (you might have to log in) that might give you a sense of the construction.